The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission revealed the contrast in a video posted Friday. The two images cover the same area: part of Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, part of Germany and part of France, but the difference between them is striking.

The first, captured on June 28, 2018, is predominantly green, depicting healthy vegetation. The second, captured on July 25, 2018, is mainly brown, showing just how much the vegetation has changed owing to the long hot dry spell Europe has been enduring over the last weeks.

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